Lessons as Solidarity Saves Iroko TV from Plan to Make the App to be Deleted from Play Store
Your network is priceless. It can be the last resort for addressing your big challenges.
And if you could speak with the CEO of Iroko TV right now, he may tell you "...Don't drop the ball on yours, build bridges instead"
That's beside the assertion by Robert Kiyosaki that " The richest people in the world build networks..."
The above should be remembered as network/solidarity saves Jason and his Iroko TV from a conspiracy to hurt the company.
Iroko TV, an online video streaming platform, was targeted by a campaign to have some apps removed from Google Play Store due to ethnic sentiments that began to brew after Google took down Crowwe App, owned by Adamu Garba, from Play Store.
Responding to the removal however, Mr Adamu Garba had said he requested for his app to be removed, although some Nigerians had slammed Crowwe that it stole the Terms and Conditions of another App.
In an apparent retaliation for the removal of Crowwe, many northern youths were mobilised, through online campaign, to report and flag the Iroko TV application and other apps.
North Media Writers, in a statement written to Datti Asalafiy, a radical Islamic news platform called on the northern youths to report Iroko TV, owned by Jason Njoku, a southerner from the Igbo tribe.
The campaign which was shared on Daily News Hausa’s Facebook page asked its readers to respond on behalf of a “Young and smart man from the North” who appeared on “Channels TV to support Twitter ban” in Nigeria but was “insulted” by many “IPOB people.”
“People of the North need to respond, show IPOB we are more effective than them, on this, we have investigated some big apps of IPOB members that are in Play Store, we want them to go and report them until Google has deleted the app,” the statement added.
Not long after, the bad reviews began pouring in.
“This app is very bad, never done anything for me since I downloaded,” one of the reviews submitted last Friday by Auwalu Adamu read.
Similarly, Mustapha Muntari on the same day described it as “the worst app I have ever seen, always start and stop, crashing when you are about to use it, I detected a lot bugs, and the app makes my phone to misbehave. Above all the owner is using the app to cause insecurity in Nigeria.
I recommend this app to be removed from the play store because everything about it is a calamity.”
Another northerner identified as Minshawi Umar said: “Stupid app.
"It will be better google takes it down because it promotes sexual content.”
A concerned individual however, alerted Jason on the development through Twitter advising that he should take urgent steps to prevent Iroko TV from being taken down from Play Store.
Another youth reflected on a statement made by Jason in 2019, in which he berated the Igbo language.
Here was a post shared by Jason in 2019 in which he targeted the Igbo language
The youth appealed to fellows that it was necessary to rise to the occasion and support their brother's business from the impending doom.
Following that appeal, southern youths, particularly, Igbo youths, took to Play Store to give the app five star positive reviews which saw the average rating of the app increase from around 3 points to 4.8 points
The application, which provides paid-for Nigerian films on-demand, survived the ugly attack and emerged stronger with higher average rating.
In his statement confirming the northern youth campaign, the CEO, Iroko TV, Jason Njoku said “The last few days has renewed my faith in Nigeria. I know the support wasn’t just about @irokotv but more broadly about self determination, press freedoms & a collective yearning for (Nigeria) to be a great secure & happy nation. North/South I truly believe we all want that #KeepitOn.
“Separately I want to take the opportunity to apologize to Ndi Igbo for my glib, immature and unnecessarily hurtful comments a few years back. I am Igbo, I don’t think I would ever nor ever attempted to deny that (all my kids bear solidly Igbo names which I personally chose).
“Nonetheless I 100% let you all down and hope with time I can make amends and be forgiven. It was stupid and I am truly sorry. Whatever I write (and tweet) reflects on our entire culture and I dropped the ball on this one. Sorry.
“Thanking everyone everywhere for the last few days. I won’t forget it.”
Your network is a priceless asset. It can be the last resort for addressing your big challenges.
The least person you may feel doesn't matter much can determine what happens to you at a critical time.
A clear example was the case of an army commander that was described as very cruel man. His name is Sisera.
Because he was a very notorious oppressor, he was helpless when war broke out and he ran to hide in the house of a woman named Jael.
Although Jael received Sisera into her house and helped him to take cover there, she waited until the man was fast asleep then she got a tent nail in one hand and with a hammer in the other, she drove the nail home through the skull of Sisera as he slept and Sisera died. The full account of this story can be found in (Judges 5:10).
Imagine that people remembered only the hurtful comment made by Jason, decided to hold him on that and ignore him to deal with the conspiracy that was targeted at his business?
Don't drop the ball on yours. Build bridges instead
Find opportunities to collaborate with others on positive projects that will help you and everyone involved in those projects. Build bridges. And that's very important in career and business.
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